PETALING JAYA: Datuk T is an alias for ‘Datuk Trio' - former Malacca chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer Datuk Shuib Lazim.
Rahim told this to reporters at a press conference here on Wednesday.
Will the latest sex scandal implicating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim spell the end of his political career? Much will depend on investigations into the authenticity of the 22-minute video clip.
THE story goes that in 1998, then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad gave his deputy Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim a choice – quietly retire or face public exposure of his alleged sexual escapades. Anwar, just one step from becoming Prime Minister, chose to stay and fight.
We know how that decision, if true, and the upheavals that followed, have dominated national politics for more than a decade.
Today, 13 years later, a mysterious Datuk T has dumped a massive political bomb by producing what he claims are hard CCTV visuals showing a man resembling an opposition party leader having sex with probably a foreign woman at a hotel. Anwar has strenuously denied that he is the man in the video.
Those who saw the video say there is a striking resemblance between the man in the video and Anwar. The PKR leader at a press conference on Monday admitted there is a resemblance but said the man in the video has a bigger belly.
On a more serious note, Anwar said during the time stamped on the video (about 10.30pm on Feb 21), he was at home with his staff and family members.
While senior PKR leaders immediately rallied around Anwar and were quick to assert that the video was “doctored” without even viewing it, DAP and PAS leaders have not jumped on the denial bandwagon. Instead, they are extremely worried, visibly shaken and desirous of knowing the truth. Their number one worry is how badly this latest scandal implicating Anwar, if true, would impact on their performance in the big election battle ahead.
PETALING JAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today denied that he was the man in a sex video that emerged today, and claimed that this was yet another conspiracy to malign him and his family.
The Opposition Leader claimed that this was the latest attempt engineered by his political enemies bent on impeding the progress his political career and PKR.
"We issue a warning to the political enemies of Pakatan Rakyat to immediately stop this dirty and porn politics. Do not drag the people and the country into the trap of your dirty politics," he said at a news conference at the PKR headquarters, here.
Anwar was responding to an allegation by an unidentified group that it had a black-and-white video clip of a sexual act between an opposition leader and a woman said to be a prostitute at a hotel.
The group, led by a man who had introduced himself only as Datuk T, had said that it would hand over the video clip to the particular opposition leader and his wife in about a week.
Anwar claimed that on Feb 21 this year, when the video was allegedly recorded, he was with his family at home and had proof to show that he was tweeting and surfing his Facebook account then.
"At that time, I was tweeting; I will have to keep all this evidence because I fear that my account will be hacked. I am given to understand that the man in the video looks like me but has a bigger belly than I," he said, and stood up to show his abdomen to reporters.
When told that the man in the video had left behind an Omega watch, Anwar said: "Your question should be that I have an Omega watch? Yes, I have it. Azizah keeps my watch."
Datuk T's group had claimed that a watch, said to be belong to the politician in the video, was taken by the woman during their sex act on Feb 21.
Asked whether he would lodge a police report, Anwar said he had yet to watch the video.
"I have had discussions with my lawyers on the matter. I don't know the maker (of the video); I don't know if it's going to be distributed.
"Once we find the evidence and the person or persons surface(s) or appear(s), we have to do it (lodge a police report). Assuming that the government is fair and transparent because it's me," he said.
Meanwhile, Wan Azizah, who is PKR president, said the whole thing was politically motivated.
PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the emergence of the video would not jeopardise support for PKR
Source: http://www.mmail.com.my/content/67166-anwar-slams-sex-video
ALOR SETAR: Businesswoman Umi Hafilda Ali claims there are 18 sex videos involving an opposition politician.
She claimed that the videos show the politician having sex with different partners including prostitutes and men.
“I knew about these videos 13 years ago. I know of an individual having all the videos and I hope that the person will expose them all to show the true colours of the politician,” she said.
She was speaking at a press conference after her ceramah was cancelled following objection from the state government as the venue – the Taman Wira multipurpose hall – belonged to the state government.
“I knew who was in the 18 videos but maybe at that time it was not suitable to expose the videos, but now I think it is the right time,” she said.
She said she would make more exposures on the politician and was waiting for the right moment to do so.
“I had only exposed 40% of what I have and I have more horrific evidence that I will expose either in court or in public,” she claimed.
Umi Hafilda said she would travel around the country to give ceramah as she felt it was her duty to expose wrongdoings.
Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/23/nation/8324320&sec=nation
KUALA LUMPUR: The mysterious Datuk T has become a top talking point as the controversy over the sex video involving a man who resembles Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim rages on.
The Opposition Leader has denied he is the man in the 22-minute video and claimed that it was doctored. He blamed it on the Barisan Nasional government.
A day after the video emerged, political sources speculated that the hidden video cameras were obviously “an inside job”.
In his press release, whistle- blower Datuk T had said that after the politician had left the hotel, “he (the politician) realised he had left behind his Omega watch in a room that he had occupied earlier.”
Datuk T, a Malay man in his 50s, said he was “asked to search for the watch in the room”, when he stumbled upon some electrical wiring as well as a video recorder containing the footage of the politician having sex with a woman.
PETALING JAYA: A video showing a man, resembling a top Opposition leader having sex with a woman, believed to be a foreign prostitute, has emerged.
The 30-minute video, which showed the supposedly high profile Member of Parliament in various compromising positions, is set to rock the Malaysian political arena.
The video recorded on Feb 21 was found in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur.
Press representatives were taken to a hotel room individually to view the video footage by a group of unknown people led by a person, who only wanted to be known as Datuk T.
Datuk T said he wanted the media to watch the footage showing the politician before sending the copy to him and his wife “to identify the person in the video” a week from now.
KUALA LUMPUR: News of the emergence of a video featuring a man resembling an opposition leader having sex with a woman swept through the corridors of power and by midday it was the main topic of conversation in Parliament and in Putrajaya.
As soon as websites, including The Star’s portal www.thestar.com.my uploaded the story following the revelation by an individual calling himself “Datuk T”, newsmen were flooded with calls for details.
Not only were people interested to know the identity of the person in the Datuk T sex tape, they also wanted to know who the mysterious “Datuk T” was.
Some even asked for a copy of the video from the press, as they assumed the sex tape was distributed to the media.
The Parliament lobby was abuzz with talk on the sex video, with MPs from both sides of the divide having clashing views.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz slammed the Opposition for accusing Barisan Nasional of coming up with the video, adding that although he had yet to watch the video, he believed the people were smart enough to know who was right and wrong.
“Anything that involves Barisan MPs is a fact, but anything that concerns them is a conspiracy,” he said sarcastically.
Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin found it strange that Pakatan Rakyat politicians were so quick to deny that the video involved an opposition leader when none of them had seen it.
“It was only made available to the media this morning. The Opposition seems to be very defensive about this. Maybe there is something to it, but I don’t want to speculate,” he said.
While Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin said the person who called the media to view the video has to be responsible for his or her actions, Kota Belud MP Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan urged all parties to remain calm as it was premature to draw conclusions.
Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming said the timing was “definitely convenient” in light of the dissolution of the Sarawak state assembly while Sungai Petani MP Datuk Johari Abdul said logic would tell one that a 63-year-old man with back problems (referring to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) and facing troubled times was unlikely to do such things.
Urging the police to investigate, Datuk Mahfuz Omar (PAS – Pokok Sena) said the video seemed to be directed at creating an issue before the general election.
